The Crunk Feminist Collection / edited by Brittney C. Cooper, Susana M. Morris, Robin M. Boylorn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boylorn, Robin M., 1978- editor.

Morris, Susana M., 1980- editor.

Cooper, Brittney C., 1980- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Study and teaching--United States.

African Americans.

Feminism--United States.

Feminism.

African American feminists--United States.

African American feminists.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages)

Edition:

First Feminist press edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : The Feminist Press, 2017.

Summary:

"For the Crunk Feminist Collective, their academic jobs were lacking in conversations about how race and gender politics intersected with pop culture and current events. So they started a blog to create dialogue as critical women stuck between loving hip hop culture while hating patriarchy and sexism"-- Provided by publisher.

"For the Crunk Feminist Collective, their academic day jobs were lacking in conversations they actually wanted-relevant, real conversations about how race and gender politics intersect with pop culture and current events. To address this void, they started a blog. Now with an annual readership of nearly one million, their posts foster dialogue about activist methods, intersectionality, and sisterhood. And the writers' personal identities-as black women; as sisters, daughters, and lovers; and as television watchers, sports fans, and music lovers-are never far from the discussion at hand. These essays explore "Sex and Power in the Black Church," discuss how "Clair Huxtable is Dead," list "Five Ways Talib Kweli Can Become a Better Ally to Women in Hip Hop," and dwell on "Dating with a Doctorate (She Got a Big Ego?)." Self-described as "critical homegirls," the authors tackle life stuck between loving hip hop and ratchet culture while hating patriarchy, misogyny, and sexism. Brittney Cooper is an assistant professor at Rutgers University. In addition to a weekly column in Salon.com, her words have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Cosmo.com, and many others. In 2013 and 2014, she was named to the Root.com's Root 100, an annual list of Top Black Influencers. Susana M. Morris received her Ph.D. from Emory University and is currently an associate professor of English at Auburn University. Robin M. Boylorn is assistant professor at the University of Alabama. She is the author of the award-winning monograph Sweetwater: Black Women and Narratives of Resilience (Peter Lang, 2013)"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

The Crunk Feminist Collective Mission Statement

Hip Hop Generation Feminism: A Manifesto

Intro: Get Crunk!

PART I: GENDER: @#% THE PATRIARCHY

Introduction

Dear Patriarchy

On Black Men Showing Up for Black Women at the Scene of the Crime

The Evolution of a Down-Ass Chick

How Did I Become a Feminist?

Do We Need a Body Count to Count? Notes on the Serial Murders of Black Women

What Does Black Masculinity Look Like?

Eight Reasons Why Formenism Can Ruin Your Love Life

On Being Called Out My Name

Jesus Wasn't a Slut Shamer, or How Conservative Theology Harms Black Women

PART II: RACE AND RACISM: ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER

Refereeing Serena: Racism, Anger, and US (Women's) Tennis

On Kimani Gray, or To Be Young, Guilty, and Black

SlutWalks vs. Ho Strolls

Fuck Sears, or When Mall Cops Attack

Re-Nigging on the Promises: #Justice4Trayvon

The Western Gaze: On Photography in the Two-Thirds World

Trayvon Martin and Prison Abolition

Working while Black: Ten Racial Microaggressions Experienced in the Workplace

For Whites Who Consider Being Allies but Find It Much Too Tuff

PART III: FAMILY AND COMMUNITY: CHOOSING FAMILY

Reflections on Coming Out and Family

The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Sex and Power in the Black Church

Fish Dreams

Inconceivable: Black Infertility

What I Value Most

God's Plan Ain't Black Mothers Dying Young

After the Love Has Gone: Radical Community after the Election

Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe

What Love Looks Like in Public

#CFCTaughtMe: Five Lessons on Life and Relationships on the Occasion of Our Fifth Anniversary

PART IV: GIRLS STUDIES: BLACK GIRLS ARE MAGIC

Won't You Celebrate with Me?

Meeting Girls Where They Are.

Baby Hair: For Gabby, Blue Ivy, Tiana, and Me

When Everything Hurts: Black Pain, Silence, and Suicide Tries

Unbreakable, or The Problem with Praising Blackgirl Strength

Olympics Oppression? Gabby Douglas and Smile Politics

What If We Were Free? Riley Curry and Blackgirl Freedom

PART V: POLITICS AND POLICY: THE PERSONAL IS POLITICAL

On the Pole for Freedom: Bree Newsome's Politics, Theory, and Theology of Resistance

The Wait of the Nation

Health-Care Reform, Politics, and Power: Is the Supreme Court Crunk?

Reproductive Injustice and the "War on Women," or An Ode to the Intersections

My Brother's Keeper and the Co-optation of Intersectionality

Reflections on Respectability

Citizenship and Silence: Speaking the Stories Aloud

Teachers Are Not Magical Negroes

Making Movement Mistakes: What to Do When You F@*k Up

PART VI: HIP HOP GENERATION FEMINISM: FEMINISM ALL THE WAY TURNED UP

Ten Crunk Commandments for Reinvigorating Hip Hop Feminist Studies

Lensing the Culture: (Hip Hop) Women behind the Camera

Sticks, Stones, and Microphones: A Melody of Misogyny

Confessions of a Backslider

Disrespectability Politics: On Jay Z's Bitch, Beyoncé's "Fly" Ass, and Black Girl Blue

PART VII: LOVE, SEX, AND RELATIONSHIPS: BLACK FEMINIST SEX IS . . . THE BEST SEX EVER

Single, Saved, and Sexin': The Gospel of Gettin' Your Freak On

She Got a Big Ego? Thoughts on Dating with a Doctorate

Being Single: On Mary Jane, Gabrielle Union, and Those of Us Who Are Imperfect

On the Glorification of the Side Chick

What's Up with Dudes Not Being Able to Give Compliments?

How Chris Brown Is Effing Up My Sex Life

PART VIII: POP CULTURE: THE RISE OF THE RATCHET

Nicki's World.

(Un)Clutching My Mother's Pearls, or Ratchetness and the Residue of Respectability

Girl, Bye: Why This Moment Is Bigger than Paula Deen

The Unending Heartbreak of Great Expectations: Why I Can't Watch The Mindy Project Anymore

Five Reasons I'm Here for Beyoncé, the Feminist

On bell, Beyoncé, and Bullshit

Clair Huxtable Is Dead

A Scandal and a Lawn Chair: Why Olivia Pope Can't Save Us from Racism

Tyler Perry Hates Black Women: Five Thoughts on The Haves and the Have Nots

PART IX: IDENTITY: INTERSECTIONALITY FOR A NEW GENERATION

You're Pretty for a Dark-Skinned Girl

Does This Make Me Look Fat?

Does This Make Me Look Latina?

Memories, Survival, and Safety

Getting to Happy, or The Myth of Happily Ever After

When You're "The One"

PART X: SISTERHOOD: SHE'S NOT HEAVY, SHE'S MY SISTER

Antoine Dodson's Sister: On Invisibility as Violence

The Joy(s) of Being a (Black) Woman

Is It Ever Okay to Tell a Sister to Go Kick Rocks? Black Women and Friendship

Beauty Parlor Politics

Remember Their Names: In Memory of Kasandra, Cherica, and Others Gone Too Soon

Mama's Feminism

So, Two Feminists Walk into a Bar . . .

How Talking to Your Homegirls Can "Liberate" Your Sex Life

PART XI: SELF-CARE: THUS SAITH THE LORDE

Life Is Not a Fairy Tale: Black Women and Depression

These Days I Hate Going to the Gynecologist

Back-to-School Beatitudes: Ten Academic Survival Tips

Love Me Like You Love Your Lover

Loving Ourselves: The Case for Radical Empathy

Black Autumn: On Black Anger, Tiredness, and the Limits of Self-Care

Disappearing Acts, Unreciprocated Interest(s), and Other Rhythms to My Blues

How to Say No and When to Say Yes

Outro

Crunk Glossary

Contributor Bios

Acknowledgments

Also by the Feminist Press.

About the Feminist Press.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781558619487

1558619488

OCLC:

965781606